City as Nature

If Ya'll are up, our 4th of 5 short film festival programs at TNOC Festival is going live in about 20 minutes, and you can join us free here: https://vimeo.com/event/4213941/38fc82f666

These are stories of radical urban solutions. In this hour long program, I will introduce 6 films that feature wild pheasants in urban Detroit, industrial waste cleanup efforts in New York, collaborative pollinator garden planning in Berlin, the historical use of tidal water power in Portugal, and community-driven efforts to transform neighborhoods in Argentina.

You can watch live at the link above. After the program is over, you'll be able to watch on-demand, but only until mid-June.

The Nature of Cities Festival just opened our virtual segment! Good to see a passionate group of over 800 people sign up from all corners of the globe (although a good bit of them were probably asleep ... we started off in the EU and Asia time zones and now shift to North and South America as programming takes off around the world)!

This is a festival of ideas and actions on how to make cities that are better for nature and all people, and it includes folks from all walks of life from local activists to government officials, to artists, to academics, scientists, and yesterday, the director of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin as our opening speaker. He shared with us his recipe for deep change, and how the museum has broken down barriers between people and knowledge by, well, by not being a 'museum' in the ways we normally think a museum should be.

Part of why I love this festival, is that we get to not just hear radical talk, but see and take part in the act of radical change. As part of the festival, Carmen Bouyer and I spent the past several months putting together arts programming, including a coordinated global day of action with "Urban Art Laboratories" in 9 cities including Paris, Bogota, Den Haag, NYC, Panaji, Izmir, Sao Paulo, and right here in Daejeon. There are all other sorts of radical arts interventions going on too, including 25 films screening in 5 different "radical" short film programs.

We release each film program to the public after it premieres, and so you can watch an on-demand recording of the first of these film programs on "Radical Communication" right now:
https://vimeo.com/931529714/63a0f07989

The film screenings will only be available until the festival ends in mid-June, so have a look and check the festival site ( https://tnoc-festival.com/ ) for links to the other 4 film programs as they become available! You can also check out the program, and register for single or multi-day passes to take part in the interactive programming there.

It's been good seeing some of ya'll around the festival so far and everyone else, you're all welcome to come join the cool kids out here ;-)

This images are from one of the fabulous small rivers running through Suncheon, Korea, so lush Willows and all sorts of plant and animal life. Last year Suhee and I were invited to the Suncheon Visual Media Center in Korea for a talk. During the talk, one audience member told us an amazingly beautiful story about a life-changing encounter with a typhoon. After the talk, Suhee and I, so impressed by the meaningful encounter, worked on a translation of that story.

Today I share that translation with you...

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I have read many books on ecology and none of them touched me deeply. However, when I read your book < Here We are, Without Anxiety or Competition >, I became very emotional. Actually, I cried a lot. Then I asked myself, what is it about this book that makes me cry?

I grew up in the city and somehow, in reading the stories, I felt like there was something I had been missing in my life up to that point. You could say that, although I lived on earth, I was not really seeing the earth or being a part of earth.

But then, I remembered when I was a kid. It was different. I played in the nature a lot. One day, I went outside during a typhoon. I felt the wind and the rain strongly on my body. It was an amazing feeling.

Over time though, that attitude and connection to the earth went away. Being an adult, you are not supposed to do that. The news is constantly telling us things that make us afraid of nature and of each other.

Well, recently I was watching the news about the coming typhoon, and I realized that what the people on the screen were saying did not align with the version of reality I remembered from my childhood. I started to doubt what they said. Instead I put more trust in what I remembered from when I was young. So as the newscasters were proclaiming how ‘devastating’ the ‘torrential rain’ and ‘havoc wrecking winds’ were, I turned off the TV. I went outside. I let the rains drench me. With some deep feeling in my heart, I kindly said hello to the typhoon as it pressed into my body. Then, in an instant, the fear that had previously gripped me had disappeared.

I think on this day I realized that the earth needs typhoons just as much as it needs calm sunny days. With the winds blowing my hair and the rains pelting down on my skin, I found the answer to why I had cried before. In this was also the answer for how to make my life.

The answer for me was that, wherever I live in this world, I should do my best to live in relation to the earth, and I should also do it with love. I think the world needs more love in our hearts when we view the world. Move love for nature, more love for each other.

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Perhaps standing in the middle of a typhoon is not your jam, but I feel like all of us can work to get more information about the world from interactions with the world itself, rather than only from the mouths and scripts of others.

You can also keep up with these stories at The Possible City:
https://thepossiblecity.substack.com

Just had an inspiring meeting at the cozy 그래도,상점 bookshop in Jung-gu, Daejeon! The shop organized a community chat with Kim Je-Seon and a bunch of fellow dreamers — moms, nature punks, and activists like us.

During our chat, the politician Kim drops a bombshell: his dream of a car-free city. I couldn't believe he said it. Is he crazy? Maybe. But he is right, it's time to stop dreaming and start doing.

Not sure where that will lead to, but what we learned from Kim, is to dream big, but start with what you can do now, in the place where you are. Never underestimate the power of your own local actions.

You can read the full story at The Possible City, as usual.
https://thepossiblecity.substack.com/p/bikes-parks-kids-and-the-slow-tide

A festival yesterday related to the mountain spirit, and the first spring full moon. It was here in Daejeon, on the south side of Bomun Mountain. I hiked out there from the house. You know, the map application said "1 hour 20 minutes". Yeah, if I ran up the mountain and rolled down through the forest, maybe I get there in 1 hour 20 minutes. Anyway, it was a nice leisurely 3 hour walk, with a big bonfire to warm you up at the end. We had not seen the blue sky in a week or so here. It's been really gloomy. But just on the mark, we hung our wishes on the bamboo tower, and once the drumming started and the fire was lit, there was the moon, sailing right up over the hill. A good sign, perhaps?

New illustrations for this week's writing. Same space. Different kind of transportation. From that one difference, many other changes are spurred. In one version of this place, more people are on the streets. You could also say with reasonable certainty, that the streets here would statistically be safer to cross, that there would be more local business activity, more daily exercise and interaction going on among the people who live there, and thus, more active and healthier residents.

In fact, this is all statistically true about compact urban neighborhoods.

The latest writing/illustration starts us on this exploration, of the ways in which we travel through our streets.

As usual, you can read it here:
https://thepossiblecity.substack.com

Hey friends! So, if you want to make a free wood floor, here it is. Took some long days, but it feels good. Thinking about making a more complete 'how-to' soon if it sounds interesting to anyone. For now though, how about this "Getting Started Guide" illustration, and some photos of the work?

Thanks to Suhee Kang for accepting this idea ... and then busting ass to pull all those nails out!

As usual, you can read more about all of this at The Possible City:
thepossiblecity.substack.com/

This is a drawing our old Pocket Farm, just before we left Osaka. It is long gone now, but on a recent trip back to our old Osaka neighborhood, a cat named Wolf helps me to confront what became of it. I would like to share that story with you...

Just a minute or two after exiting the Kitakagaya subway station, I walk through our old neighborhood, and I hear Wolf.

It is not so usual to hear this cat before you see her. Despite her name, Wolf mostly keeps to her voice to herself, unless you clearly have food, and I do not. As I walk closer, Wolf scampers up to me. I guess it is for a pat. I oblige her. She looks up at me, but then darts away a moment later.

Now, usually when Wolf darts away from you like that, it means the old lady who feeds the neighborhood cats is nearby. I look around. There are several old ladies, to be sure — this is an old Japanese neighborhood after all. But Wolf does not run to any of them. Instead within seconds, Wolf is all the way down the block. She stops just before arriving at a narrow alley, and turns to look back at me. By now, I can guess what she is doing. There is no food that way. There is, however, a place she wants to take me.

Three years ago, just after leaving Kitakagaya, our garden here was turned into a slab of asphalt. At the time, we had tried to figure out how to save the garden. A small army of friends even stepped up to share in caring for this little piece of nature in the city. Somehow though, the urban garden gods would not allow this particular patch of green to be rescued. Since then, I haven’t allowed myself to even think about it. I guess it still hurts too much.

Though we had visited Kitakagaya a few times since moving, I have studiously avoided the alley where our garden used to be. The photographs that friends and would-be visitors sent me over these years was enough, and I got plenty of them.

I have no wish to face the place in person.

It seems however, that Wolf does not accept this kind of attitude. She looks back again, quickly, then runs out of sight, down the alley. I follow her at a lazy pace, in no hurry to face what I already know is there. When I arrive, Wolf is sitting at the threshold between the street and our former garden.

There used to be eleven species of herbs here, thirty species of wild plants, and ten trees. I can still picture the trees — Japanese Cherry, Wild Cherry, Asian Pear, Apricot, Lemon, a Palm, Flowering Dogwood, Chinese Tallow, Chinese Hackberry, and Heavenly Bamboo.

I bought the Asian Pear tree from the Home Center down the street when we started the garden. They say it takes three years for it to bear fruit. I remember the tree being attacked by hungry caterpillars in year one, and then during our second year it was flattened during typhoon season when the roof of a house landed on it. Twice. Somehow though, it survived all of that and bloomed the third year, just before we left. We never saw the fruit.

In the front of the garden, the Flowering Dogwood was a favorite of the locals. We got a lot of comments on the flowers of all the plants, but the most came from the Dogwood. It bloomed suddenly, with spectacular blossoms like giant white bursts of popcorn that almost always caused people to stop with open-mouthed smiles.

Wolf seemed to like the Hackberry. Maybe because it grew unplanned, strong, quick, and wild like her. Or maybe it was just the most convenient trunk to p*e on.

As a truck barrels down the main street on the next block, the houses on this little alley rattle, and Wolf and I sit for a spell. We stare at the three new, empty parking spots where all the trees and herbs and wild plants used to be.

Wolf talks first. “Meoow.”

I respond calmly, “Yeah. Yeah. I know, Wolf. It’s all gone. It sucks. It’s not my fault though.”

In the summer, Wolf sometimes sat under the small canopy. Other times, she would use the back of the garden to take refuge from the throngs of hostel guests hunting for her shouting “Where’s Wolf! Where’s Wolf! I wanna pet the kitty!” Being a hostel mascot can get tiring. On the days when it was quiet enough though, Wolf would hide under the bench by the Geranium, playing the prowler, watching birds flit between the trees. I never saw her catch a bird, but she did kill a few butterflies. The garden was a place Wolf could do all of these activities, without a worry in the world about the hostel cat-petting army, errant bicycles, or sp*eding cars.

Still watching the empty parking lot, Wolf talks again to me. “Meoooow.”

I sigh. “It’s not the land company’s fault, Wolf. They only do what people want and, well, I guess this is what people want.”

Wolf turns around to rub her head on my dangling hand. I turn my palm over to scratch the underside of her chin, and continue talking. “But you know what, Wolf? The things that we want will change. In time they always do.”

Wolf purrs. She gives one last short “Meow” before scampering to roll around on the asphalt. She prances a bit. Rubs up against the tire of a van down the way. Then suddenly, she darts off again.

Just down the street, I see the old cat feeding lady has arrived.

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With both the building and eventual demise of our garden in Osaka, I was reminded that, hidden somewhere within all of the difficult moments in life are both lessons and opportunities. If we take the time to see what is called ‘difficulty’ without judgment, we find those lessons and opportunities waiting for us, and we can apply them to new efforts. This is one of the good qualities I remember in my years of working with Silicon Valley folks, though they may not have said it in such words. It is also a seemingly good anthem for life in general.

Thanks to Wolf for her help with this one, and thanks to you, as always, for reading and sharing these stories.

A new map drawing and a few photos to go with a new Possible City essay.

I am at Hankyu Juso Station, just north of central Osaka, and as I walk to the East Side exit, the rush of life and vitality of an entire neighborhood feels as if it is swirling around me, yet it does not feel chaotic or stressful. It feels absolutely comfortable. Trains pull in, airing their breaks, schoolkids laugh and play with each other on their way home, an elderly couple meets on the bench under the trees in front of the station, and I meet two friends here as we prepare to walk into the neighborhood.

I say beware, for this is the kind of glorious ‘suburb’ that might give Western urban planners — and car companies — nightmares. All those red dotted paths are pedestrian walkways. You might notice then, that there is actually no car road leading to what is a rather large, hub train station. Can you imagine? The result is a lovely, safe, absolutely bustling 'suburb' neighborhood.

This ain't your grandma's suburb. Well unless your grandma is Japanese. Then, maybe it is.

If you like, join me on this little journey in the essay:
https://thepossiblecity.substack.com/p/beautifully-abnormal-urban-japan-35e

If you are in they Bay Area, this should be totally worth it. Suhee and I only met Bonnie once, but we bonded quickly and learned much from that talk, and from her works. In that meeting she told us that when she was young, she looked around herself and could not find a job she actually wanted to do, so instead, she made her own job. That's the artist's way, for sure. We took it to heart

Invitation: Bonnie Ora Sherk Retrospective Opening January 13th 🎨🌿 We’re pleased to invite you to the opening of Bonnie Ora Sherk : Life Frames Since 1970 at Fort Mason Center for the Arts in San Francisco. Learn more about the show HERE

I had the bright idea to make a floor inside out of upcycled wood shipping pallets in this new space. Given our experience with this, I figured that if we could find a bunch of pallets in time, we could easily fashion them into a floor before we moved.

That is not quite how things turned out.

You can see from the photo, that I clearly had not calculated the space the pallets would require. They took up nearly the whole front shop space, leaving scant room to take them apart, let alone actually build anything with them.

And then Suhee reminded me of an even bigger problem.

In just a few weeks' time, we would need to move out of our current shop and into this one. Can you picture a bunch of desks, tables, chairs, art supplies, herbal tinctures, and boxes fitting anywhere in the above picture?

What was supposed to be a slow, meditative process of taking apart pallets turned into a race against time. Clearly, I had to abandon the idea of making a floor before the move date, but at least I would need to take the pallets apart. If I could do this, the wood could be neatly stacked neatly in a corner once it is pulled apart, giving us most of the floor space back.

Knowing this, I did what any disciple of Tim “The Toolman” Taylor would do.

I made a big grunting noise and bought a new tool...

With that said, the tools required are actually very simple. You can even use a hand saw with a metal cutting blade, rather than a power tool. If you do it right, it’s like slicing through butter. If you don’t get enough separation however, it is slow and very painful.

So although the floor is not done yet, I do have neat stacks of wood waiting to be used, and space enough — just enough — for the influx of boxes while also leaving space to work. Here is the lumber garnered from about 10 long pallets, which I figured is about 30 or so of the normal-sized pallets.

There is more to this story, including a video of the pallet disassembly, and links between our building ethos and that of traditional urban Japanese interiors.

For that, head over to The Possible City to read The Beginnings of a New Space: Part II:
https://thepossiblecity.substack.com/

With Love,
Patrick

Just published, a new writing, some photos, and map drawing about trains in Japan. Excerpt below. Also, it seems like the year of the dragon opened in an untamed way. I hope you're okay out there.

"...Rumor has it that the Hankyu line was a favorite of David Bowie. It seems right. The classic contours of the carriages and seats, the color combinations, the experience of sitting down on those plush spring-loaded deep green velvety seats made of mohair. These trains somehow manage to be elegant, flashy, and utilitarian all at once.

A friend once told me “We could never have something like that in New York” and I agreed. I sometimes wonder why public transport in the United States is so gleefully abused by the very people who rely on it, and whose taxes pay for it. But then I am reminded that in the 1970s, a mob of Japanese commuters destroyed a train station in Tokyo and took the station master hostage, apparently on account of train service issues. I guess there is a time and place for everything?

Today at least, passengers in Japan seem to love and respect these trains for what they are. Yet I was also surprised when I first learned that most trains in Japan today are not government run, as they typically are in the United States. Even JR West (the company that manages JR train service in this part of the country) is a publicly-traded corporation.

A NOTE ON COST

Almost all rail operations in Japan are privately owned enterprises today, they tend to be beautifully kept, and impeccably on time, and yet somehow the fares in this case are far cheaper than comparative urban commuter services in the United States.

How much cheaper?

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Osaka to Kobe:
Distance — 32km (20 miles)
Time — 21-30 minutes (depending on which express train)
Cost — 330 yen ($2.30 USD)

San Jose to Redwood City
Distance — 34km (21 miles)
Time — 46 minutes (on the Caltrain ‘baby bullet’)
Cost — 1,170 yen ($8.25 USD).

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The California version of this route takes twice the time, and four times the cost compared with the Osaka-Kobe trip.

Yet there is one similarity between these trains.

Can you guess it?

While the Caltrain ‘gallery’ cars are not quite as elegant as those on the Hankyu line, both trains were in fact, built in Japan. They are quite beautiful in their own 1980s vintage way,.

To be fair, you can credit much of the cost difference between these two train lines to the fact that private rail companies in Japan tend to own much of the real estate around their stations. If you think of the urban train companies in Japan then, not as train companies, but as primarily real estate companies who happen to also own train lines, then you begin to see the sense here.

Trains in urban areas of Japan could be seen — least partly — as a service provided by real estate companies, to facilitate travel in between each of those company’s properties (the stations), where in turn people spend money before and after getting on the train. When residents and shop owners then pay rent, that all goes back to real estate company, who uses part of the profit to subsidize the cost of the train service. This would also explain why so many train stations in Japan exit directly into shopping malls. Very logical … However, it is clear that this arrangement — and most exemplary Japanese urbanism — is never primarily about profit. Often the opposite is true.

And so the Hankyu trains that David Bowie had an eye for, and the endearing, wild, walkable, close-knit neighborhoods here, all exist because of something else entirely — a balancing act that produces the kinds of beautifully abnormal urban neighborhoods that one can only experience in Japan. I hope we can celebrate these abnormalities, and make them more acceptable elsewhere..."

You can read the full story "Beautifully Abnormal Urban Japan" here:
https://thepossiblecity.substack.com/

Hey artists and writers ... heads up from an editor friend that their new magazine "Mukoli" is accepting submissions from writers, poets, artists of any genre on the broad topic of peace. No submission fees and they pay a small stipend for published submissions. Go get this, and spread the word to others who might fit the bill.

More info and submission link below...

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Housed in the School of Conflict Management, Peacebuilding and Development at Kennesaw State University, Mukoli is a magazine for peace because we publish art and literature that engages with peacemaking, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding in its many forms.

We are also for peace because we actively advocate for building peace where there is the absence of it, whether it is in the realm of interpersonal, intercommunity, international, or interspecies relationships.

At the center of our exploration is the relationship of humans to other humans, to social, political, and cultural structures, as well as to nature and the environment. We believe that wherever there is a conflict or a rupture in these relationships, the arts in their multitude of forms – visual, written, spoken, etc. – have the power to heal.

We publish fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and art creations from marginalized, conflict-affected communities and collectives across the world while inviting readers everywhere to engage with these creative expressions and interventions. The decolonial feminist principles of resistance to dominant ways of living/learning and reclaiming indigenous, intersectional, and non-violent ways of being and doing are at the heart of our enterprise.

Submissions go here:
https://mukoli.net/submit/

Get ready friends! We are happy to be co-curating The Nature of Cities Festival again, coming at you in 2024!!! This annual experiment in transdisciplinary, inclusive collaboration aims to radically imagine cities that are better for nature and all people. The festival will be held in two parts, one virtual, and one centered in Berlin.

An open submission for sessions and artworks will follow soon. For now, you can see more about what will go on at our website:
www.tnoc-festival.com

The Nature of Cities

안녕하세요. 생태예술 창작그룹 시티애즈네이처의 강수희 & 패트릭 라이든 입니다. 먼저 이번 1회용품제로챌린지 를 함께할 수 있도록 저희를 지목해주신 성심당 임영진 대표이사님께 감사드립니다. 2011년 '다큐 자연농'을 시작으로 환경과 생태 분야에 초점을 맞추어 관련 활동을 이어가고 있는 저희로써는, 뜻깊은 챌린지가 각계 각층으로 널리 퍼져나가고 있다는 게 신기하고 또 고마운 마음이 듭니다. 동시에, 단순히 '일회용품을 덜 쓰자'를 넘어, 더욱 적극적인 실천이 필요하지 않을까.. 생각하면서 저희의 이야기를 덧붙여봅니다.

저희는 전시, 워크숍, 이벤트 등 모든 일을 실행할 때 쓰레기가 최대한 덜 나오는 쪽으로 가능한 한 힘껏 노력하고 있습니다. 되도록이면 자연 재료를 활용하고, 무겁더라도 다회용품들을 꼭 챙깁니다. 평소 일상에서도 페트병 음료나 테이크 아웃, 배달음식을 일절 이용하지 않고, 늘 자전거를 타고 다니지요. 얼마 전 오픈한 저희의 작업실 겸 가게인 '코너샵' 은, 음료를 판매하는 카페이지만 일회용컵이 아예 없습니다. 다회용기를 가져오셔야만 테이크아웃 주문이 가능하고, 없을 경우 저희가 곳곳에서 기증받은 다회용기를 빌려드립니다. 사소한 예입니다만 이런 방식으로, 소비자 개개인의 실천에만 의존할 게 아니라, 판매처 및 기업 단위에서부터의 각성과 결단, 실천이 필요하지 않을까, 그래야만 더욱 커다란 변화가 일어나는 게 아닐까, 제안하고 싶습니다.

다음 챌린지는, 지속가능한 식문화 커뮤니티 벗밭, 그리고 홍성에서 자연농을 실천하고 계신 풀풀농장 + 이히브루께 전달합니다. 앞서 저희를 지목해주신 성심당 그리고 다음 두 팀 이외에도, 닮은 마음으로, 각기 다른 영역에서, 꾸준히 옳게 길을 걷고 있는 수많은 동료들이 있어 늘 힘을 얻습니다.

#환경부 #제로웨이스트챌린지 #시티애즈네이처 #자연농

* 아래는 패트릭이 적은 짤막한 영문 글이에요 :)
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We applaud those who try to live a lifestyle with no single use containers. We do too.
But we also take it one step further. Our Corner Shop in Dajeon does not offer single use containers. What if you forget your tumbler? We will loan you one for free. To make this system work, we accept donations of extra tumblers, and customers have happily helped with that.
For 1-0 campaign to succeed, not only consumers, but shops too, need to stand together with nature and reject single-use plastics. In the end, it is the right thing to do.

We are in seoul for a pre opening event of Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism. Many good talks on the importance of cities as part of or in harmony with nature. Our work will be part of the 100 Year City Plan exhibition, opening in September!

#시티애즈네이처 #성심당문화원 의 '목요메아리_나만의 허브티블렌딩&빵페어링' 수업이 오늘 저녁 다시 열립니다. 매달 주인공 허브와 빵이 달라지는데, 3월은 토끼풀과 크림빵 ;-) 순하고 둥글둥글한 맛의 토끼풀과 보드랍고 풍성한 맛의 크림이 무척 잘 어울려요. 오늘 수업에서는 '순크림빵'을 맛보면서, 토끼풀을 주재료로 한 나만의 허브차를 만들어봅니다. 허브의 기초, 일상 속 사용법에 대한 꼼꼼한 안내도 덧붙여지고요. 딱 두 자리 남아있어요~ 신청은 의 프로필 링크에서!

https://booking.naver.com/booking/12/bizes/850058/items/4883109

지난 수요일 전시 오프닝에서의 행복한 표정들, 다시 꺼내봐도 흐뭇해집니다 :) 참으로 열심히 준비해주신 벗밭 분들, 함께여서 참 좋은 강나루 작가님 , 그리고 추운날 멀리까지 찾아주신 고마운 친구들과 관람객분들.. 모두모두 고맙습니다! 전시는 내일까지 열려요! ;-)
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2022 벗밭 기획전시
《비슷한 들에서 같이 자라는 풀》
2022. 11. 30. – 12. 5.
11:00 – 19:00
창성동 실험실 (서울 종로구 자하문로12길 11-5)

뽀얀 한지에 까만 색연필로, 마음을 담아 정성껏 한 글자씩 적습니다. 오래 전 담아두었던 지혜로운 말씀들이 종이에 얹혀가고, 화요일이면 전시장 벽면에 걸릴테고, 바라건대.. 누군가의 마음속으로 가닿겠지요.
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참 오랜만에 열리는 서울에서의 전시와 상영회, 두루 기쁘게 만날 수 있길 기대하면서 차근차근 준비하고 있어요. 자세한 내용은 벗밭 프로필 링크를 참고해주세요♡
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2022 벗밭 기획전시
《비슷한 들에서 같이 자라는 풀》
2022. 11. 30. – 12. 5.
11:00 – 19:00
창성동 실험실
(서울 종로구 자하문로12길 11-5)

지난 목요일 공주생명과학고등학교에서 진행했던 자연 만다라 워크숍의 기록입니다 :) 지난 여름부터 매달 꾸준히 학생들과 만나오며 저희도 참 즐겁고 행복했어요. 초대해주셔서 정말 고맙습니다♡

🎬はならぁとCINEMA🎬

「環境」「農」「気候変動」などをテーマにした映画の上映会を開催します。映画鑑賞を通じて、多角的に地球環境のことを学び、当芸術祭のことを楽しんでみませんか。

🌾11月5日（土）13:30～16:00
「Final Straw自然農が教えてくれたこと」（上映時間64分）2015年
English subtitle available
会　場：モリ㋨ゲストハウス１F
🎫ご予約は公式サイトから

監督：パトリック・ライドン & スヒ・カン
今静かに、確実に、広がりを見せつつある自然農。耕さず、肥料・農薬を用いず、草や虫を敵としないその農法は、宇宙の一部としてあるべき人間の生き方そのものとも言えます。それはただの農法として語ることは出来ません。日本・韓国・米国にて、自然農ムーブメントを牽引しているリーダーを含む自然農実践者たちが、彼らが自然農を通して見つめている自然や宇宙との関わり合い、そして人間の在り方・生き方を、美しい映像と音楽を背景に、静かに語りかけます。そこから貴方が気付くことは何でしょう？
上映後、監督のパトリック・ライドン & 姜受希と共同プロデューサー辻かおりさんのアフタートーク（オンライン）があります。

芸術祭の入場チケット1000円(会期中何度でも入れます）を購入いただくと、はならぁとCINEMAが半額（500円）でご覧いただけます。
通常１上映：1,000円

👀監督のパトリック・ライドン & スヒ・カンは、はならぁと2021[種を蒔く、それはすべてのはじまり]出展作家でもあります🍀

#はならぁと2022


#自然自然農が教えてくれたこと
#自然農
#環境問題 　
#天理

어제부터 #대전과학예술비엔날레 가 시작되었네요. 저희의 '나무가 디자인하는 도시' 전시는 대전역 가까운 원도심의 전시공간 #구석으로부터 에서, 10월 16일까지 쭉 이어집니다. (월화 휴관, 오전10시-오후6시)

매일매일은 어렵지만.. 주말에는 되도록 전시장에 나가있으려고 해요. 많이 많이 보러 와주시길 바랍니다♡ ;-) #나무디자인도시

* 사진은 정미정 작가님 고맙습니다^.^

“대전 시민들이 ‘나무의 소리를 듣는 법’을 기억해낸 지 10년이 흐른 2032년, 끝없이 펼쳐지는 숲의 네트워크는 도시를 이루는 대동맥이자 연결망이다. 숲 사이로 연결되어 퍼져나가는 지하 균사체와 미립자들은, 지역 대대로 이어져 온 생태적 지혜와 사람들을 더 가까이 연결시킨다. 인간에 의해, 인간을 위해서만 디자인되었던 기존의 도시가 아닌, 지혜로운 나무들의 조언을 따라 인간을 포함한 모든 다른 존재를 위해 새롭게 디자인된 이 도시는 과연 어떤 모습일까?”
는 인간과 자연이 더욱 바람직한 조화를 이루는 가능한 미래를 상상하며, 예술, 과학, 도시계획, 기술, 음악, 퍼포먼스, 그리고 생태학적 지식을 함께 엮은 전시다.
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전시 정보

_ 대전과학예술비엔날레 2022 : ‘미래도시’ 참여작
일정 : 2022년 8월 2일 ~ 10월 16일
장소 : 공간 구석으로부터, 대전광역시 동구 정동 36-11번지
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** '나무 이야기'를 모아 전시합니다
나무에 대한 추억, 함께 나누고픈 나무 이야기를 저희에게 전달해주세요. 그림이나 사진, 글, 혹은 둘 다, 모두 좋습니다. 트위터나 인스타그램에서 해시태그 #나무디자인도시 와 함께 를 태그해주세요. 보내주신 '나무 이야기'는 전시장 내 '스토리 노드'에 모아 전시할 계획입니다.

What can art do? Something hopeful.

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